Ban single-use plastic products in Bangladesh’s coastal areas. The High Court (HC) today directed the authorities concerned of the government to ban single-use plastic products in the coastal areas and hotels and motels across the country in next one year.
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PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) announced today a $35 million investment with Closed Loop Partners that will create the “Closed Loop Local Recycling Fund,” an innovative circular economy initiative to advance new small-scale, modular recycling systems in communities across the U.S. The fund aims to increase recycling in areas with no or limited access to recycling, reducing waste and unlocking a new supply of recycled plastic (rPET), among other valuable materials, to support PepsiCo’s pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) sustainable packaging goals. “As companies – including PepsiCo – set ambitious goals to use more recycled content in their packaging, there is more need than ever for partnerships and investments to increase recycling in the U.S.
Sustainability challenged students to participate in the Fill it Forward competition to reduce waste from single-use plastics and win $100,000 for sustainability initiatives on campus. The competition, sponsored by Hyundai, is between three southern California schools: Pepperdine University, Santa Clara University and Loyola Marymount University.
The new award underscores China’s outsized importance as the largest producer and consumer for the fashion industry.
Eschewing the usual materials you’d find in headphones in favor of biodegradables such as yeast, fungus, and bacteria, the Korvaa is a joint effort from Finnish design company Aivan, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, and Aalto University.
The incubator is within RISN, which supports new-to-market ventures that focus on improvements in processing or utilization of waste for new products or energy.
In the north of England, a convicted crook has been ordered to pay $1,700,000 for defrauding government-backed recycling schemes of millions of dollars.